Manifest madness [electronic resource] : mental incapacity in the criminal law / Arlie Loughran. Loughnan, Arlie. Mentally ill offenders Legal status, laws, etc. England. Mentally ill offenders Legal status, laws, etc. Wales. Criminal liability England. Criminal liability Wales. Insanity (Law) England. Insanity (Law) Wales. KD7897 345.4204 23 Includes bibliographical references. Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed on May 15, 2012). Understanding mental incapacity in criminal law is notoriously difficult; it involves tracing overlapping and interlocking legal doctrines, current and past practices of evidence and proof, and also medical and social understandings of mental illness and incapacity. With its focus on the complex interaction of legal doctrines and practices relating to mental incapacity and knowledge - both expert and non-expert - of it, this book offers a fresh perspective on this topic. Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2012. 2012. 2012 Text 1 online resource. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199698592.001.0001 eng England. Wales. England. Wales. England. Wales.